Huntsville gazette., 1887-07-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


$4,000 in internal revenue taxes lastyear.
The Agricultural and Mechanical Col
I lege at burn, Ala, which was burned
June "a, with a total loss of 500 0G0; in.
5urance. $50, coo, is TO be rebuilt at once.
The Daily STATES, of New Orleans, sug-
gests that popular fund be started ''for
monument to Admiral Raphael
Semmes, the commander of the Confed.
crate cruiser Ala bamah
Since the outbreak OF yellow fever at
Key West there have been TO present
writing eighty three cs.ses Of the disease,
twenty-sevea of s~ssich resulted fatally.
Thirty-three cases were under trea tment
Reporting yellow fever at Kew West tc
be only an emphatic type of bilious fever
seems to have made no difference with the
fatal results of the disease.
By premature explosion Of giant pow.
der, while blasting rock on the Carolina
railroad near Catawba river, S. c., few
days ago, one white man and eight ne.
groes were instantly killed
Uncle Rollen A. Tolbert celebrated his
eighty-eighth birthday recently by big
dinner at the "Tolbert House." in Gold
village, Ga His youngest brother, Rich
ard Tolbert, aged seventv-two, and his
baby boy, Thomas, aged fifty-two, and his
youngest grandson, aged nineteen, were
all present, and few intimate friends.
Uncle Roll, as he is familiarity called, is
IN goood health, and still sticks to the old
maxim: early to bed and early to rise,"
ETC.
The death of ex-Lieutenant Governor
j.. j. Robinson, of North Carolina, is an
bounced.
An epidemic of fluy is prevailing in sew
eral Virginia counties, with a shocking
mortality, mainly among children.
Managers of Southern railroads look
for heavy fa'l and winter traffic. The
crops Of Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina are in better condition than they
have been for ten years.
The Atlanta Constitution charges South
ern colleges with the custom of turning
out to many dyspeptic geniuses. Gym.
nastics it says, should be introduced IN
tOthe curriculum.
The work of building the railway be-
tweel Dublin and Savannah, Ca, is go
ing on rapidly. Six hundred men are
employed on the work, which is progress
ing at the rate Of one mile day.
Alligator hunting seems to be ii ne sport
in Florida. A Jacksonville paper re-
marks: "a party of alligator hunters re-
turned last week from Lake Hancock
with 1862 hides and three pecks Of teeth
William Sykes, near L sota Landing.
Miss, was trying, a few days ago, to i'm
pale minnow on his fshing-h hook, when
it wriggled from his fingers and slipped
into his mouth and down his throat.
After a hard struggle Rome, Ga, has
| succeeded in gaining victory for Prohi-
bition, the majority being $50.
At a fire in the Methodist Church at
Bowling G cen, Ky, few nights ago,
fireman named Wi liams was killed by a
big beam fal ing on his head. The church
was destroyed, but the loss is small.
Adolph Fauche, Esq, of New Orleans,
died a few days since at Clarksville, Q,
Tenn, where he and two daughte rs were
spending the summer. The wife Of the
deceased died suddenly at Clarksville
several weeks ago.
j. d. Peet q Co., leading cotton brokers
of New Orleans, have suspended, owing
to fai ure to receive reimbursements Of
tmargins. A member of the firm I'D that
the assets largely exceed the liabilities,
and that resumption is question of but
a few days.
At st. Augustine, Fla, the work of the
| restoration of the old cathedral will be
started Immediately; the cost Of the work
will reach at least 5000. The quaint
Moorish belfry will remain as it is, but
the bells will not be usel. new steeple
and be fry will be erected, costing SS COO.
The trustees of the University of Ten.
nessee have elected Prof. Z. S. Davis, o.
Colorado S ate U iversity, Professor OF
Agriculture and Prof j. l.. Newman, OF
the Alabama Ag -icnltural and Mechanical
Col e., Professor of Natural History.
Pref Massie has resi- gned the cha ir OF
English and modern languages.
By the breaking of a sea IF )lding unon
which they were working upon the cell
ing of the House of Representatives in
the South Carolina state-house, a few
days ago, four colored workmen were
thrown to the floor, a distance Of thirty
feet. George Caldwell died from his in.
juries in ten minutes. Cyrus jackson,
Sam Cunningka n and William Oliver
were all terribly bruised Jackson waa
not expec ted to live.
! r. B. Chatham, Independent and Re
publican candidate for the Mississipp:
Legislature, few days since shot and
killed John s. Harkins, Jr., associate
editor of the Lexington Bul etin. Harkins'
father is one of the D motrasic nomineef
for the Legs sla ure. Chatham and young
Ha"klnS la Doeu ulScuSSiuS pOlltlCS dIo
drinking beer during the day up tt
the time the dispute arose
The Mississippi Valley Medical Associ
alton met few days since at Crat
Orchard Springs, KY, in its thirteenth
annual session. There was full attend
ance.
In the Circuit Court at Jackson, Miss
J. G. Brown, an ex-saloon keeper. re-
Gently plead guilty to the three charges
against him for violating the local option
law. For the first offense he was fined
IS and ten days in the county jail; for the
second, 500 and four mSnths' imprlson.
ment, and for the third, S59c and SIX
months imprisonment This is the first
conviction under he local option law In
the county, and shows that offenders need
not expect much mercv.
L. McPhail, of Cir cinnati. was found
! dead near the town bridge at Bardstown,
| KY, few days ago. Circumstances in
/ dicated that he was assaulted with knife
! and club, and his body dragged to where
found. When last seen alive he was In
company with Naaman Hoops, of New
] London, .. The latter has been arrested.
I John c. Westerfieli left Owens boro,
Ky., few nights ago to visit his sister,